"What kind of official is a Duke?" Granny Wang was stunned, racking her brains to ask, "Is he more powerful than a Prefect?"
The highest-ranking official she could think of was the prefect, who could oversee the county magistrate!
Wang Bo was almost furious, but thinking that this was his own mother, he held back and tried his best to calm down. He finally managed to suppress his anger before speaking, "In short, don't meddle in Liu Ruyi's affairs!"
"Should I go and invite her back?" Granny Wang looked at her son anxiously. "Xiao Bo, do you want to marry her?"
If her son wants to marry that person, then what she's been doing these past few days will have ruined everything.
Wang Bo laughed in anger at his words, "Do you think I can just marry him whenever I want? Do you think the Duke is like cabbage, growing in abundance in the field?"
There are only three dukes in the entire Da Yue. Liu Ruyi's father, the Duke of Yun, holds a hereditary title, which is held by the Liu family because they were founding heroes who helped the founding emperor of Da Yue conquer the country.
"Then why did you bring her home if you didn't want to marry her?" Granny Wang asked, puzzled.
Wang Bo was speechless. "It's not that I didn't want to; it's that they had to be willing!"
He was indeed planning to develop feelings for Liu Ruyi over time, especially since she had saved his life. If Liu Ruyi herself was willing, and given their ambiguous relationship along the way, the Duke's mansion would have no choice but to acknowledge her.
As for whether the Duke's mansion would be unhappy, or whether it would suppress or dislike him because of this, those are things for the future.
"Well..." Granny Wang gritted her teeth and thought for a long time, "I'll go and invite her back tomorrow!"
Wang Bo quickly stopped her, "No, please stop making things worse! I have no improper thoughts about her right now, let her stay outside if she wants!"
No matter how noble Liu Ruyi's status was, it couldn't compare to the real benefits Jiang Qinyu brought him by being able to make high-strength thunderbolts.
Having served in the military, Wang Bo knew that, no matter the circumstances, might makes right. If he could provide the border troops with ammunition even more powerful than the imperial army's thunderbolts...
Thinking of this, Wang Bo's expression became stern. "Mother, from now on, please don't interfere in my affairs. I know what I'm doing."
"What do you know? Don't you even know how old you are? People your age in the village already have kids running around everywhere..." When it comes to this, Granny Wang has endless things to say.
When the Lu family found a wife for Lu Yanzheng, she also found a partner for her son, Xiao Bo.
Unfortunately, before they could finalize the marriage arrangements, Xiao Bo was taken away by the authorities and has been gone for many years. By then, the girl from back then had long since become someone else's mother.
"Alright, anyway, I have no other intentions towards Miss Liu, so don't interfere," Wang Bo said somewhat impatiently.
Granny Wang curled her lip, "If you can't even find Miss Liu attractive, who else could you possibly like? There's no girl in our village prettier than her, is there?"
"Who said I like girls?" Wang Bo blurted out, his mind filled with Jiang Qinyu's face.
Putting aside Jiang Qinyu's abilities, her appearance was also the kind of beautiful and dignified type that he liked.
In short, no matter how you look at it, Jiang Qinyu is more suitable to be his good wife.
Granny Wang was taken aback by his words, then grabbed his arm and pressed, "What do you mean? You don't mean you've taken a fancy to some young woman in the village, do you?"
"I..." Wang Bo almost blurted out Jiang Qinyu's name, but he held back in the end. "Hey, don't make wild guesses, I didn't."
The way he turned his face away confirmed Wang Pozi's suspicions.
They say no one knows a son better than his mother, and she knew her son quite well. This kid must have fallen for some vixen in the village!
Who is it? Xiao Bo has only been back for a few days, and he hasn't even been in contact with many women yet...
Granny Wang mentally reviewed all the women Wang Bo had been in contact with these past few days, then compared the suspicious ones with Liu Ruyi, and quickly came to a conclusion.
Her son Xiao Bo must have taken a liking to Jiang Qinyu, that young widow from the Lu family!
"Do you like the young widow from the Lu family? What's her name again, Jiang Yu?" Granny Wang stared intently at Wang Bo, not missing a single change in his expression.
Wang Bo's expression instantly turned unnatural, and he turned his head away to deny it, saying, "Don't talk nonsense, don't ruin Sister-in-law Lu's reputation."
"She's about to steal my son away, and you expect me to care about her reputation?" Granny Wang rolled up her sleeves. "I'm going to settle the score with her right now!"
Wang Bo immediately grabbed her, "Mother, what nonsense are you talking about? You're not allowed to do anything reckless! Sister-in-law Lu doesn't know anything!"
"Well, this hasn't even happened yet, and you're already protecting her. What are you trying to do?" Granny Wang was both angry and anxious, glaring at Wang Bo with disappointment. "She's a used woman and a widow. What do you see in her? She must have seduced you!"
Now, in the village, only her son Xiaobo is about the same age as that young widow. Her husband Lu Yanzheng is gone, and she has to find someone to rely on for the rest of her life. It just so happens that Xiaobo has come back, so she has set her sights on Xiaobo. Absolutely!
"How could that be?" Wang Bo was so provoked by Wang Pozi's unreasonable behavior that he blurted out, "I just admire her skills. She and Lu Yanzheng haven't consummated their marriage, so they can't be considered a proper couple. Even if I really married her, so what?"
Granny Wang slapped Wang Bo on the back. "I'll support whoever you fancy, but not that little widow from the Lu family! She already killed Lu Yanzheng, does she want to bring bad luck to you too?"
Wang Bo couldn't reason with her at all, so he flicked his sleeve and said, "Anyway, don't do anything reckless, or I won't stay at home anymore!"
After saying that, he left home to find Liu Ruyi.
Granny Wang was so angry at his attitude that she clutched her chest and shouted at Wang the Cripple, "Old man, why don't you do something about him!"
"How can I manage? Haven't you always been the one in charge of this house?" Wang the Cripple retorted bluntly, then turned over and continued sleeping.
He had worked all day with the villagers and was exhausted. He had no energy left to think about anything else.
Granny Wang was even angrier now. She plopped down in a broken chair, patting her chest to catch her breath, and said, "No, the Lu family and I are mortal enemies. I absolutely cannot let Xiao Bo marry that woman..."
But she also knew very well that she couldn't control her son, and if she didn't do something, Wang Bo would eventually marry that young widow.
Granny Wang sat there thinking for a long time before she finally came up with a solution.
...
Jiang Qinyu knew nothing about the Wang family's affairs. The next day, Meng Tianze and the others were going to town to buy things. Remembering the system's mission, she went with them.
The cosmetics in the town are definitely not as good as those in the county, but the system doesn't restrict the quality of what it needs, so she just needs to collect them all.
“Sister-in-law, we’ve turned over the soil. My wife heard you have high-yield grain seeds, and the village chief asked her if she was willing to plant them. She was worried about the harvest and only wanted seeds for one mu of land. Do you have any extra seeds? I’d like to plant more.” Meng Tianze asked as he drove the cart.
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